Video from skiing shoot.

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Larry Chapman

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I got permission from my client to use any of the footage I shot in a promo. They'll be releasing a separate bio piece in a month or so.

The camera performed very well! I shot from 7:30am to 4pm. The only camera related issue was the inability to see the LCD in the super bright sun and snow. I expected that. I didn't expect to also struggle to see the EVF (although it was certainly better than the LCD). I used TDCat's custom scene file and was very pleased. Very little color correction was needed! Everything you see (except the time lapse) was shot in UHD/60fps/120th/150M.

https://youtu.be/3oBwpOs_elw
 
Excellent work! Do you think the snow had a light violet color to it? If yes was it intentional, or just the TDCat's Scene File?
 
Great work! On my display the snow looks a bit bluish. How have you done the moving camera scenes? Are you going downhill with the DVX mounted on your body?
Sorry to ask, but what is the TDCat's scene file?
 
Excalibur said:
Great work! On my display the snow looks a bit bluish. How have you done the moving camera scenes? Are you going downhill with the DVX mounted on your body?
Sorry to ask, but what is the TDCat's scene file?
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Thanks!

Actually, snow in natural light does have a blue tinge.....to the extreme that's why you see blue ice in glaciers. Google it. :-)

I handheld the camera in all the moving skiing scenes using a Fig Rig (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/381894-REG/Manfrotto_595B_595B_Fig_Rig_Camera.html).

TDCat is a member here that developed a custom scene file with, what I think, are more accurate colors. He did a video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTfvahwXsCk&feature=youtu.be
 
Excellent footage! As I rookie I must ask - were you using manual focus? The reason I ask is I'm trying to master manual focus, and it's not easy at all. Do you guys use MF in general?
 
AlexLF said:
Excellent footage! As I rookie I must ask - were you using manual focus? The reason I ask is I'm trying to master manual focus, and it's not easy at all. Do you guys use MF in general?
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On this shoot MF/AF was mixed.

All the shots with skiers in motion used AF. I can tell you that the camera got it right every time (60 minutes of footage from the day). That said, the conditions were perfect for AF - high contrast, bright light, rarely anything in the foreground to confuse things.

The shots where the subject was static or where I wanted shallow DOF, I used MF.
 
Larry lookin' like a boss in that BTS. Must have been a fun shoot...and that guy Matt's story has to be an interesting one.

And yes, snow just looks like that; it's reflecting the skybox...as it were...which is blue. The white snow reflecting the blue sky thus appears blue, especially pronounced at certain angles relative to the sun. If it were a highlight issue, then all the highlights would be blue. Not true with the skintones which are normal as they do not reflect light the same way frozen water does. Even in the shadow areas of the stills (which have a much higher dynamic range and bit rate than DVX200) you can see the snow is cooler in tone than the areas where there is less cloud cover. Anyway, blah blah...

The footage looks pretty good for a rush job. From what I understand, this is b-roll to testimonials, interviews? It's just going to make the VOC's more emotional, seeing the guy doing what he loves, despite his disability. Should be an outstanding emotional piece for the client when it's done. Cheers!
 
JRJphoto said:
Larry lookin' like a boss in that BTS. Must have been a fun shoot...and that guy Matt's story has to be an interesting one.

And yes, snow just looks like that; it's reflecting the skybox...as it were...which is blue. The white snow reflecting the blue sky thus appears blue, especially pronounced at certain angles relative to the sun. If it were a highlight issue, then all the highlights would be blue. Not true with the skintones which are normal as they do not reflect light the same way frozen water does. Even in the shadow areas of the stills (which have a much higher dynamic range and bit rate than DVX200) you can see the snow is cooler in tone than the areas where there is less cloud cover. Anyway, blah blah...

The footage looks pretty good for a rush job. From what I understand, this is b-roll to testimonials, interviews? It's just going to make the VOC's more emotional, seeing the guy doing what he loves, despite his disability. Should be an outstanding emotional piece for the client when it's done. Cheers!
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The client is doing a biographical piece on Matt (they're his wheelchair sponsor). There was a lot more video taken to be used for a re-creation when Matt was first learning to ski 20+ years ago. Hence...some scenes with helmets, and some scenes without and the bright colored 80s ski clothing in some shots.

It was a bit rushed because we only had Matt and our extras for a single day.
 
Larry Chapman said:
The client is doing a biographical piece on Matt (they're his wheelchair sponsor). There was a lot more video taken to be used for a re-creation when Matt was first learning to ski 20+ years ago. Hence...some scenes with helmets, and some scenes without and the bright colored 80s ski clothing in some shots.

It was a bit rushed because we only had Matt and our extras for a single day.
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Very cool. Are they planning on making the finished video public?
 
JRJphoto said:
Larry lookin' like a boss in that BTS. Must have been a fun shoot...and that guy Matt's story has to be an interesting one.

And yes, snow just looks like that; it's reflecting the skybox...as it were...which is blue. The white snow reflecting the blue sky thus appears blue, especially pronounced at certain angles relative to the sun. If it were a highlight issue, then all the highlights would be blue. Not true with the skintones which are normal as they do not reflect light the same way frozen water does. Even in the shadow areas of the stills (which have a much higher dynamic range and bit rate than DVX200) you can see the snow is cooler in tone than the areas where there is less cloud cover. Anyway, blah blah...

The footage looks pretty good for a rush job. From what I understand, this is b-roll to testimonials, interviews? It's just going to make the VOC's more emotional, seeing the guy doing what he loves, despite his disability. Should be an outstanding emotional piece for the client when it's done. Cheers!
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I agree, the footage looks good and there is plenty of footage to work with for cutaways. The DVX held up great and did a good job. Also think Larry did a good job of capturing the movement. Too many arm chair quarterbacks are looking for small imperfections and not focusing on the job and the outcome. Good footage period and as you said, it will ad emotion to the interviews.
 
I am very impressed! great job! So, I assume you had no ski poles; and just used the fig rig to help you keep your body parallel with the hill! :)) guess the fig rig would have protected the camera a bit if you fell! But you can tell you are good skier too!
 
greytail said:
I am very impressed! great job! So, I assume you had no ski poles; and just used the fig rig to help you keep your body parallel with the hill! :)) guess the fig rig would have protected the camera a bit if you fell! But you can tell you are good skier too!
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Thanks! I did not ski with poles....just too much stuff! The Fig Rig helped a lot keeping the camera "straight" (DVX200 level guage was on all the time too). The Fig Rig also let me get low shots by putting it on the snow, and still kept the camera dry. Luckily.....no falls during the day!
 
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